Martinique

The Bibliothèque Schoelcher: a Library For All | Parting Shot

By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017)

Martinique’s Bibliothèque Schoelcher is a storehouse of history in more ways than one

Caribbean volcanoes: fire down below

By Caribbean Beat | Issue 140 (July/August 2016)

Shaped by subterranean forces, the islands of the Lesser Antilles are an arc of volcanoes — some extinct, some dormant, some still active. And among their dramatic forested peaks, crater lakes, and hot springs, amateur vulcanologists (and ordinary tourists) can find ample evidence of our planet’s restless energy

Easter fare

By Nazma Muller | Issue 138 (March/April 2016)

No Caribbean holiday is thinkable without a delicious menu — and Easter weekend is no exception. Nazma Muller shares recipes for seasonal dishes from up and down the islands: Jamaican Easter bun, Bajan-style fried flying fish, and Martinique’s spicy matoutou crab stew

Market day

By Caribbean Beat | Issue 131 (January/February 2015)

Across the Caribbean, the freshest produce, best bargains, and often the friendliest advice can still be found at traditional markets. Here are six worth exploring, ranging from Dominica to Curaçao to French Guiana

Earthy delights

By Caribbean Beat | Issue 128 (July/August 2014)

The Caribbean’s public gardens are places to enjoy the pleasures of nature — and centres for research and conservation as well

Boy days: Patrick Chamoiseau

By James Ferguson | Issue 80 (July/August 2006)

Is Patrick Chamoiseau’s Childhood a “minor” work? Maybe, says James Ferguson

À la recherche: Monsieur Toussaint by Edouard Glissant

By James Ferguson | Issue 75 (September/October 2005)

In his play Monsieur Toussaint, Edouard Glissant poignantly captures the complex character and historical dilemma of Haiti’s revolutionary hero

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, No Mask

By Jeremy Taylor | Issue 66 (March/April 2004)

Frantz Fanon was a brilliant, maverick thinker, a theorist of anti-colonialism who tried to understand the damaged psyche of his native Martinique and the violence that racked his adopted country, Algeria, in its struggle for independence. His writings - especially Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth- are lauded by contemporary postcolonial scholars, but few manage to grasp the complexity of his thought or the depth of his humanism. Jeremy Taylor searches for the man behind the revolutionary icon, and ponders Fanon's relevance to the 21st century world

Back and fort

By Caribbean Beat | Issue 127 (May/June 2014)

The Caribbean’s history of wars and colonisation has left an extraordinary legacy of military architecture, some of it nearly five centuries old. Recognised today as historic sites, these forts and naval bases are a reminder of the often bloody past that shaped our present